Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 July 1907

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED J 833 No. 171 VOL. LXV. MONDAY, 29th JULY. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1522 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. jk I |*b Wf H (jT B 1 rffi If! PA I Y By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. HORNSBY Singapore. KAIA Sl^siA* mid “scAN e DiA/’ t are^iar^mo^^*»ervi^i^^^^in^ I I FKI I KIES ThiB Old EBtabliBh d Ho ,se having been thoroughly Repaired
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR JUNE, 1907.
    2438 3 M EETINGB. 1. Ordinary Meetings of the Commissioners were held on the 14th and 28th of the month. Staff. 2 Mr. L. S. de Garnier, Overhead Foreman, Tramways, resigned his appointment as from the end of the month. 2. Mr. J. W. Van Buren
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    301 3 Per P. <fc O ss. India, from London, July 5, connecting with s.s. Marmora, at Colombo, due Aug. 1 at Penang:—To Penang: Mr. and Mrs T. Matthews. Mrs. McGregor and child, Messrs. A. G. Cory and Logan. To Singapore Messrs. H. S. Oldham, A. E. Macdonald,
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES.
    959 3 Minutes of Special and Ordinary Meetings of the Municipal Commissioners, held on 12th July, 1907 Present. —F. J. Hallifax, Esq. (President), L. H. Clayton, Esq., Quah Beng Kee, Esq., and Lim Eu Toh, E j q. Absent. —J. W. Hallifax, Esq., and Dr. P. V. Locke. 1. The
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      80 3 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. The great success of this preparation in the relief and cure of bowel complaints luis brought it into almost universal us'\ It never fails, and when reduced with water and sweetened is pleasant to take. It is equally valuable for children and adults, and
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      92 3 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy in India. Mrs. Sd. L. Hiscocks, writing from Clare Roxd, Byculla, India, says: I have used and still require a good many bottles of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have found it invaluable as a cure as well as a preventive of
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      76 3 The Mistakes of Your Life. Do not number among the mistakes of your life that of neglecting to procure a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. Some of your family may be suddenly attacked with cramp, colic, or diarrhoea, which are always prevalent during the warm weather, and
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      55 3 > By Royal AJRJB Hto Majesty Warrant Tha Kl«f. BOVRIL IXVu. is an excellent tonic, bracing the syUem when everything .'else fails. t 1 I j i It’s the Quality that has built up and maintained the sales of van IJouferis The Cocoa which is unequalled for flavour, digestibility, and
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    THE WEEK.
    135 4 Monday. 29th July. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p in. High water 3.11 a m Low water 9.10 a m. Tuesday, 30th JulyPenang Races. E O. Hotel: Race Dinner. High water4.nia.ro. L<»w water 10.01 a.tn Wednesday. 51st July. Outward P. O. Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m.
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    Monday, 29th July, 1907.
    1106 4 The Singapore Municipal Commission has already referred Professor Simpson’s report* to its Health Committee, and we tiust that Penang will not be long in following the example of the Southern Settlement, although a special committee would have to be appointed for the purpose. The general sanitary
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    THE POLICE “SMOKER.”
    639 4 The smoking concert arranged by the SuroDean contingent of the Penang Police Force in their headquarters at Fort Cornwallis on Saturday evening was a thorough success. The hall was tastefully decorated, and innumerable flags and bannerettes were lung round the walls, the Police flag occupying a prominent
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    THE CIVIL SERVICE.
    398 4 H. E. the Governor, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been please'd to make the followiuJ tranifers and promotions in the Civil Serv? ice of the Straits Settlements:— Mr. E. C. C. Howard, Collector of Laud Revenue, Penang, in Class 111,
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    A “Ladies’ Bisley.”
    234 4 We would di aw the particular attention of our readers of the fair s u x co the announcement which appears in our advertising columns to-day with regard to the “Ladies’ Bisley” which is to be held in Taiping at the endof September. This will be the
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    Rifle-Shooting.
    223 4 Penang Volunteers v. 'l'apah. The ride shocking competition between the I‘enang Volunteer Corps and the Tapah branch of the Perak Ride Association was fired off at their respective ranges yesterday moining, and was won by the Volunteers with a score of 4 91, against 451 made by the Tapah
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      144 4 :E. 67 H OTEL.: «4 —J RACE WEEK. SPECIAL PINNER, 8 fl. M. j F V 30th July. Tuesday Ist August. Thursday .3rd August. Saturday > BAND IN ATTENDANCE. SARKIĔS BROTHERS, A-opmtors.U make awjrw NO MISTAKE. If when thinking you are buying REALLY GOOD BICYCLE, you gstw other than a
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      128 4 PINANG GAZETTE. ESTABLISHED 18». fWNTRIBUTION 8 mtwt be addrewed to The Editor, written on one tide 6f the paper only and accompanied by the writer't name and addrett, not necetiarily for ituerlion but at a guarantee of good faith. moniet mutt be paid at the Tinang m Gasette” Office, Penang,
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    231 4 Obituary. Rev. Father Sorin. We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Father Firmin Sorin, on Friday evening, at Bukit Mertajam. He was born at La Vendee, France, in 1841 came out to the East in 1866 and had laboured here ever since without ever returning to his native
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    262 5 LAUNCH of a battleship. DESTROYERS IN COLLISION. [Reuter's Service London, 28th July. The new battleship Bellerophon, which j. u ue of the improved Dreadnought class, wl9 hunched at Portsmouth Dockyard ypsterdav* The Bellerophon was laid down as receudv as December last, so that she has /H1 under
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    CRICKET AT HOME.
    94 5 THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Reuter’s Service London, 29th July. In the English county cricket championship, up to date Notts County hive won ten matches, lost none, and drawn three. .Middlesex have won four, lost 1, and drawn 5. Yorkshire hive won 7, lost 2. and drawn 7. London,
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    THE GREAT MOTOR-RACE.
    69 5 ITALIAN CO M PETITOR’S PROGRESS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th July. In the great motor-race from Peking to Paris. Prince Scipion Borghese, driving a 14 horse power I tala cir, has arrived at Moscow. London, 29th July. A telegram from Moscow states that Prince Scipio Borghese, who has
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    THE COLONIES AND EDUCATION.
    102 5 SPEECH BY THE KING. Reuter’s Skrvic e London, 29th July His Majesty King Edward, in openijig the new University College School at Hampstead, emphasised the importance of teaching sound morality and the encouragement of high ideals, which have such an enormous influence in the promotion of
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    THE SUGAR CONVENTION.
    88 5 GREAT BRITAIN’S POSITION. [Reuter’s Service] London, 29th July. At a meeting of the Committee of the uternitiunil Sugar Convention in Berlin, He President said that, if the contracting took into consideration ti e British proposal to withdraw from the Convention. Wou, I he indispensable to stipulate for
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    THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
    115 5 THE QUESTION OF CONTRABAND. AMERICAN CHANGE OF POLICY. [Reuter’s Skrvick.] London, 27th July. A debate took place at the Peace Conference at The Hague yesterday on the British proposal fur the abolition of contraband, which was opposed by France, Russia, the United States, and Germany. Lord Reay,
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    IRELAND.
    69 5 GRIEVANCES OF CONSTABULARY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th July. Five hundred members of the Royal Irish Con-t ibulary held an excited meeting in Birrack Squire, Belfast, and resolved to demand a permanent increase in pay of a shilling per day, Increases in pensions, and the right to discuss their grievances
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    AERONAUTICS.
    62 5 ANOTHER ACCIDENT [Reuter’s Skrvick London 29th July. A Spanish war balloon, with military engineers, has been blown out to sea and disappeared. The survivors were subsequently picked up in th s Mediterranean Sea to the n >• thward of the Balearic Isles. Hiis is the f -u th accident
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    THE SWISS MILITARY SYSTEM.
    52 5 A MODEL FOR GREAT BRITAIN. [Reuter’s Service] London, 28th July A representative Committee of Enquiry, including many Labour members of the House of Commons, will go to Switzeiland in September to study the working of rhe military system in that country in relation to employment and
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    46 5 CHINESE AND REPATRIATION. [Reuter’s Service.] < London, 28th July. The Chinese coolies employed in a number of the Rmd Mines hive petitioned against their proposed repatriation at the end of their first term of service, pointing out that their contracts entitle them to a renewal.
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
    31 5 THE COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT. [Reuters Service.] London, 29th July. A telegram from St. Petersburg states that the Russo-Japanese commercial and shipping agreement an i fishery convention have been signed.
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    MOROCCO.
    23 5 [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 29th July. The Imperial troops in Morocco atticked the Pretender’s position at Waichica, but were repulsed with heavy loss.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    115 5 THE KAISER AND THE TSAR. Berlin, July. If the meeting between the Kaiser and the Tsar takes place before 7th August, Prince Biilow, Imperial Chancellor, will be present. JAPAN AND KOREA. Mr. Inouye, Japanese Ambassador at Berlin, has communicated to Herr von Tschirsky, the German Secretary of
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    PENAMG TURF CLUB.
    1093 5 FIRST DAY’S PROGRAMME. The following is the programme for the first day’s racing (to-morrow), which commences at 2.30 p.m. I.— The Maiden Plate. Value $6OO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 141bs. All animals imported into the Straits or F.M.S. as Subscription Griffins
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    Training Notes.
    232 5 Selections for To morrow. Some good useful wotk was indulged in this morning, but no fast work was done. Quorrobolony, Eclips', and Beatrix ar rived this morning. The winners for this meeting will take a lot of picking. I saw Bruce this morning for the first time. He
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    The Tanglin Tragedy.
    150 5 A Repbieve for Sandwell. Saturday’s Straits Times says At a meeting of the Executive Council, yesterday afternoon (presided over by His Excellency the Governor), it was decided that tiie capital sentence passed on Drummer William Sand well, tiie murderer of Corporal Hurley, of the Royal West Kent
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    LOG BOOK.
    857 6 A new departure i» to be tried on board H.M.S. Shearwater, which reached Esquimalt recently from Central •America. While the vessel was in San Diego U of her crew deserved, most of those who took French 4feave” being stokers, and the warship came to. Esquimalt with eigh stokers
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    156 6 Alc inous, Brit., 4278. Parkinson, July 29, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Ban Whatt Hin, Brit., 195, Morrell, July 28, Tongkah, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 169, Milne, July 28, Langkat, gen., Beng Kee. Bengloe, Brit., 1933, McMillan, July 28, London, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Calypso,
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    CLEARANCES.
    29 6 Alcinous for Colombo and Tuticorin. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Malaya for Deli. Padang for Batu Bahra. Syria for Colombo and Tuticorin.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    243 6 PER Rotorua for Tongkah, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Resident Halewyn for Batu Bahra, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Perak (S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 3
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    209 6 IV time of Steamer, where from, approximate dal* of arrival, where bound, and A genie. Arratoon Apcar from Singapore, Aug. 25, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Catherine Apcar from Calcutta Aug. 6. for Singapore and Hongkong, A. A. Anthony Co. Delta from Singapore, Aug. 2, for Colombo
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    PASSENGERS.
    106 6 By Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Ismail, and Mr. A. E. C. Ward. By Kistna to Port Swettenham, Mrs. Hun, Miss Marteen, Messrs. J. Marteen, Leong Lai Sang, and Leong Yee Kow; to Singapore, Messrs. H. Sperling, P. Trusty, and Lim Tiang Hee. By
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    SHARES.
    1211 6 Capital. Subscribed. share! Va,ue Paid Re,erve Dividends. Name. Quotation,, g g MINING. Gold. i: rKO 000 £1 £1 £4,873 1/-paid January, 1901 Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 51 b 18W £200,000 £191,250 j 18/10 L. P <<"> HU™ 1898 £2,000,060 A 1,800,000 20,000 /100 /100 52}
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 Penang, 28th July, 1907. {By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1,8 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 7/16 3 Credit 2/4 5 8 3 Documentary 2/4 11 /1'» Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demaud Bank 173 J 3 days’sight
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    PRODUCE.
    195 6 Penang, 29th July, 1907. Gold leaf $64.85 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz j 16.75 no stock White Pepper 22.12} sellers. Trang Pepper 17.75 sales. Mace 81.50 sales. Mace Pickings 69 s£les. Cloves (picked) 51 no sellers. Nutmegs 110 24 sales. TNo 1 5.30 s dss. Sugar. j’» 2
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